Import Pivottable js in angular 2

Question

I'm learning Angular 2 and trying to import nicolas kruchten's Pivottable js in an angular 2 application

When I'm trying to wrap pivottable js in the angular 2 It is not giving any error however when I try to check the same in the browser It is not displaying the Pivot table.

I can check that the component is created but is always empty.

I think AfterViewInit should let me display table.

\\ pivot.component.ts

import {Component , Inject, ElementRef, AfterViewInit} from '@angular/core';

declare var jQuery:any;
declare var $:any;
import 'pivottable/dist/pivot.min.js';
import 'pivottable/dist/pivot.min.css';
@Component({
  selector: 'app-pivot',
  template: `<div id="pivot"></div>`
})

export class PivotWrapper {

private el: ElementRef;
//constructor spelling was incorrect now working fine
constructor (@Inject(ElementRef)el: ElementRef){
    this.el = el;
}
ngAfterViewInit(){

    if (!this.el ||
        !this.el.nativeElement ||
        !this.el.nativeElement.children){
            console.log('cant build without element');
            return;
    }

    var container = this.el.nativeElement;
    var inst = jQuery(container);
    var targetElement = inst.find('#pivot');

    if (!targetElement){
        console.log('cant find the pivot element');
        return;
    }

    //this helps if you build more than once as it will wipe the dom for that element
    while (targetElement.firstChild){
        targetElement.removeChild(targetElement.firstChild);
    }

    //here is the magic
    targetElement.pivot([
            {color: "blue", shape: "circle"},
            {color: "red", shape: "triangle"}
        ],
        {
            rows: ["color"],
            cols: ["shape"]
        });
}

}

\\ app.component.ts

import { Component,ElementRef,Inject} from '@angular/core';

declare var jQuery: any;
import {PivotWrapper} from './pivot.component';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {}

\\ app.module.ts

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http';
import { MaterialModule } from '@angular/material';
import {BrowserAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import {PivotWrapper} from './pivot.component';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent, PivotWrapper
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    NoopAnimationsModule,
    FormsModule,
    HttpModule,
    MaterialModule.forRoot()
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent, PivotWrapper]
})
export class AppModule { }

Answer 1

I think it ll be of help to someone dealing with pivot table where there is no css being loaded. I didn't realize that I forgot to include pivot table css in angular-cli.json:

Answer 2

Please see below for the solution: I am using angular cli

--package.json

 "jquery": "^3.2.1",
 "jquery-ui-dist": "^1.12.1",    
 "pivottable": "^2.13.0",

--angular-cli.json

 "styles": [
     "../node_modules/pivottable/dist/pivot.min.js",
    "styles.css"
  ],
  "scripts": ["../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
  "../node_modules/jquery-ui-dist/jquery-ui.min.js",
  "../node_modules/pivottable/dist/pivot.min.js"

  ],

--app-pivot-wrapper

import { Component, OnInit,Inject, ElementRef, AfterViewInit }   from '@angular/core';

import 'pivottable/dist/pivot.min.js';
import 'pivottable/dist/pivot.min.css';
declare var jQuery:any;
declare var $:any;

@Component({
selector: 'app-pivot-wrapper',
templateUrl: './pivot-wrapper.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./pivot-wrapper.component.css']
})

export class PivotWrapperComponent implements OnInit {
private el: ElementRef;
constructor(@Inject(ElementRef)el: ElementRef) { 
   this.el = el;

 }

 ngOnInit() {      
}

ngAfterViewInit(){

if (!this.el ||
    !this.el.nativeElement ||
    !this.el.nativeElement.children){
        console.log('cant build without element');
        return;
 }

  var container = this.el.nativeElement;
  var inst = jQuery(container);
  var targetElement = inst.find('#output');

  if (!targetElement){
    console.log('cant find the pivot element');
    return;
  }


 while (targetElement.firstChild){
    targetElement.removeChild(targetElement.firstChild);
  }

  //here is the magic
  targetElement.pivot([
        {color: "blue", shape: "circle"},
        {color: "red", shape: "triangle"}
    ],
    {
        rows: ["color"],
        cols: ["shape"]
     });
  }
 }

--pivot-wrapper.component.html

 <div id="output"></div>